Argument

A Sun Valley man was shot and killed Sunday after a dispute with a neighbor turned deadly, police said. Travis Solorio, 26, was shot when he got into a argument with a neighbor at 11:10 p.m., a dispute that attracted the attention of others on Tamarack Avenue, police said. Someone in the group that had gathered pulled out a gun and shot Solorio multiple times, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department. He was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later at a local hospital.

Karen S. Kim BURBANK -- Burbank's mail-in election for the Restore Our Airport Rights initiative might still be more than three months away, but city officials and initiative authors already are clashing over statements that will appear on the ballot. "I was just really angry," Councilwoman Stacey Murphy said about an argument written by ROAR supporters. "They obviously didn't care about representing the facts in the argument. It's such a disregard for the truth.

GRANT GORDON "Individual commitment to a group effort, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." -- Vince Lombardi Our area football season has finally passed. Thus, to keep tears from running down this chubby face, here is one final, feeble attempt at writing more about high school football. At least in this columnist's eyes, there isn't one, apparent and clear selection for our All-Area Player of the Year.

Ryan Carter MAGNOLIA PARK -- A Valentine's Day night out turned into a heated argument with a flying engagement ring and smashed car lights for a Burbank couple, police said. A 32-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman returned to their home in the 3000 block of West Verdugo Avenue after dinner Thursday night and got into a heated argument. She became upset and threw her engagement ring at him, Burbank Police Sgt. John Dilibert said. Angered at her for throwing ring, the man knocked over her sewing machine, according to police reports.

The following incidents were taken from police reports: NORTHWEST DISTRICT 1731 Ontario St.: An 18-year-old Burbank woman was arrested on suspicion of assault Saturday after allegedly pouring a strawberry milkshake over the head of a 12-year-old boy. The incident happened as a result of an argument during a youth hockey tournament and prompted the boy's father to call police. HILLSIDE DISTRICT 700 block of Groton Drive: A 37-year-old Burbank man and a 31-year-old Los Angeles woman were arrested late Friday on suspicion of throwing a board at a 40-year-old Burbank woman.

The following were taken from daily booking reports at the Burbank Police Department. AREA 1 900 block of North Hollywood Way Two employees of a mattress store got into an argument in which one of the employees punched and attacked the other. One of the employees pulled out a box-cutter razor and tried to stab the other. The fight was finally broken up by their co-workers. The victim was bruised, and the case is under investigation.

A 28-year-old Burbank man was hospitalized after he was allegedly struck twice in the head with a baseball bat. The man went to a home in the 2800 block of West Victory Boulevard on Tuesday, where police said he got into an argument with 27-year-old Paul Garcia. The argument escalated, and Garcia allegedly struck the man in the head with a bat. The man left the house, but later returned and was allegedly struck again by Garcia, police said. The man then gathered a group of friends to confront Garcia, but apparently became disoriented and took them to the 1400 block of Victory, where police said the men began knocking on doors looking for Garcia.

The following were reports taken by Burbank Police Department. AREA 1 400 block of South Keystone Street A argument between two roommates resulted in a man receiving several minor lacerations to his leg at 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 11. Two roommates, a man and a woman, were involved in a verbal argument over the her taking the man's car without permission. The argument became heated, the woman grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the man in his leg. The woman fled the scene and could not be immediately located.

Recently, on one of the baseball blogs my husband reads, the blogger veered from the topic of sports to talk about the common misuse of the expression ?to beg the question.? The blog post included a link to a column, written by someone else, on the ?beg the question? question. My husband thought it was a good column topic for me. But, hating to feel like I?m jumping someone else?s train, I wasn?t too keen on the idea. A few days later I was at a lunch with a group of women writer friends, and one of the attendees started talking about the common misuse of ?

Having watched the most offensive Burbank City Council session in my memory, I was appalled by the baldfaced hypocrisy and political machinations on display for all to see. Completely aside from the merits or drawbacks of their cause, the proponents of Measure A have much to answer for. To begin with a moment of irony, how many people appeared at the Sept. 18 session having been requested or recruited by supporters of Measure A? How many of those same supporters dismissed with scorn the appearance of Mr. Larry Stamper and his flock to protest their own abuses of oral communications?

Jurors on Friday began deliberating the fate of a 27-year-old Burbank man accused of fatally stabbing his on-and-off girlfriend 19 times in her neck. DNA traces on coffee cups and underneath the victim's fingernails, a series of text messages and missing sweatshirt and cellphone are some of the evidence that prosecutor Sharon Ransom said indicates Stephen Joanou Jr. killed Patrina “Trina” Sabella. “All the evidence points to one person - Stephen Joanou,” she told jurors during her closing arguments in a Van Nuys courtroom.

Re: “ Israel is the Jewish homeland,” Mailbag, Jan. 18 . After about 3,000 years of persecution, and the horrible travails of the Holocaust, I absolutely support the existence of the state of Israel. However, religious extremists on all sides of the conflict continue to sow hatred in the “Holy Land.” Encouraged by extreme fundamentalist Christians who just can't wait for Armageddon, Jewish ultra-orthodox, illegal settlers square off with militant fundamentalist Muslims in a violent battle over whose god is better.

A group of Burbank residents is protesting the planned closure of the Glenoaks post office, which postal officials said would save the cash-strapped agency $740,270 over the next decade. However, one postal official said this week that the decision to close the station should stand. Nine Burbank residents filed separate appeals against the U.S. Postal Service's decision in June to close the Glenoaks branch and reassign its two employees, citing the inconvenience of “slow and tedious” lines and lack of parking at nearby alternatives.

$20. That's how much a 33-year-old Burbank man allegedly stole from his mother's wallet Wednesday, which prompted a physical confrontation between the pair that left him with a police citation for suspected battery. Haig Eskidjian allegedly took the cash from his 60-year-old mother's wallet Wednesday afternoon, said Burbank Police Sgt. Darin Ryburn. When he returned home at around 9 p.m., his mother confronted him. She reportedly told police her son has stolen money from her before, Ryburn said.

A tenant at a Burbank apartment complex was hospitalized Tuesday after her landlord allegedly attacked her with bleach after a verbal spat, police said. The landlord -- Donald Rohwer, 65 -- was working in the woman's apartment in the 1000 block of West Angeleno Avenue at around 3 p.m. when the pair got into an argument about the work being done, said Burbank Police Officer Joshua Kendrick. Reportedly feeling “threatened,” Rohwer allegedly sprayed the woman's face with a bleach and water solution, Kendrick said.

Closing arguments wrapped up Friday afternoon for a lawsuit filed by a female police officer, who claims she faced discrimination and harassment because of her pregnancy, and retaliation when she complained. On Thursday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge told jurors they could not consider other claims made by Officer Cindy Guillen in the lawsuit, including that she faced harassment based on her ethnicity and gender. Jurors will decide whether Guillen should be awarded up to $500,000 for pain and suffering, and up to $30,000 for lost wages due to allegedly being taken off an assignment in retaliation for lodging a complaint.

A Sun Valley man was shot and killed Sunday after a dispute with a neighbor turned deadly, police said. Travis Solorio, 26, was shot when he got into a argument with a neighbor at 11:10 p.m., a dispute that attracted the attention of others on Tamarack Avenue, police said. Someone in the group that had gathered pulled out a gun and shot Solorio multiple times, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department. He was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later at a local hospital.

A federal judge's failure to disclose whether he intended to marry his long-term, same-sex partner before presiding over the Proposition 8 case amounts to misconduct that requires the removal of his ruling against the 2008 ballot measure, lawyers opposed to gay marriage told a federal appeals court. In written arguments to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, both sides in the gay marriage legal dispute debated whether the sexual orientation of retired Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker might have affected the case.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge dismissed a case that could have required more hoops for a planned 24 Hour Fitness on West Empire Avenue. Burbank Athletic Club owner Greg Bedrossian and longtime city critic Mike Nolan sued in late June to block the city from allowing the 24 Hour Fitness Super Sport. They argued that the city failed to comply with its own review procedures and ignored potential parking problems related to the proposed gym. But Superior Court Judge Ann Jones dismissed those claims, finding that the pair's argument "grossly mischaracterizes the actual findings in the case.